excavating

英 ['ekskəveɪtɪŋ] 美 ['ekskəveɪtɪŋ]

• n. 挖掘；挖取
• 动词excavate的现在分词形式.

英英释义

动词 excavate:

1. recover through digging

2. find by digging in the ground

3. form by hollowing

4. remove the inner part or the core of

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Those workers were employed in excavating the foundations of the building.
   那些工人忙于挖掘建筑物的基础。
2. After excavating some ceramic pieces from the site - now farmland - they confirmed a Roman villa once stood there.
   这个地方现在是一处农田，专家们在挖掘到里头一些陶器的残骸后确认，这里过去确实存在著一个罗马村庄。